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BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with India’s DTH platform Tata Sky, to allow it to launch VOD services. The deal, first-of-its-kind in India will allow Tata sky to offer both SVOD and TVOD services in eight Indian cities. The new deal is in the wake of a new study … Read More
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has finally found a way to solve the n number of complaints on telecom operators’ activation and deactivation of internet services sans consent. From September 1, subscribers can send ‘START’ or ‘STOP’ to 1925 to activate or deactivate a service. The 1925 will be … Read More
Bharti Airtel hinted a hike in tariff of the voice calls, saying that there was a big opportunity in reducing discounts and freebies on voice calls. “Voice realization is 30-33 paise per minute whereas our rack rates are almost about 90 paise, so there is huge headroom to reduce discounts,” … Read More
The train travelers will soon begin to receive SMS alerts on train delays, says Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha. The Minister was addressing the queries in Lok Sabha. Besides SMS alerts for delayed trains, the Ministry has increased the number of tickets booked per minute to 7,200 tickets … Read More
In a dramatic turn in porn website block, the internet service providers (ISPs) has decided not to unblock any of the 857 blocked websites, even after the Government’s order to do so, reports Hindustan Times. The reason cited is that the directive circulated to unblock websites is unclear, as it … Read More
Kerala High Court has approved to the consent order given to Reliance Jio Infotech Pvt. Ltd., to use Kerala State Electricity Board’s (KSEB) towers for installation of its optical fibre cables (for 4G services). The Court added that any telecom operator who wishes to bring in 4G services can seek … Read More
Bharti Airtel has announced for a 4G Challenge, a test of download speed using Airtel 4G/LTE mobile connection against the speed of mobile internet services offered by other operators. The challenge, open in four cities — Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata asks people to try the speed at designated centres, … Read More
Amid the rise in complaints about inconsistent data speeds over the mobile networks, Vodafone India has launched a Wi-Fi offloading application Wi-Fi Connect to shift data traffic away from the cellular network and help decongest it. The application, which is available for Android and iOS platforms, will require a … Read More
The special audits on call drops in metro/capital cities, which Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announced early last month, will be filed on August 15. The issue of call drop raised major complaints among the subscribers that eventually led to online campaigns like #NoCallDrops. Subsequently, the Government warned the telecom … Read More
Videocon has launched Direct to Mobile TV app that enables Videocon d2h subscribers to watch television anywhere, anytime on their mobile phones. The subscribers can watch more than 70 live channels and more than 3000 movies and videos available in its library. The existing subscribers can watch these using the … Read More
The e-auction for Private FM radios for Phase III expansion is becoming more intense with bidding amounts exceeding the reserve prices, according to sources from Ministry. Out of the 135 channels in the first phase, a Delhi-based single FM channel has reached Rs. 105. 23 crore at the end of … Read More
As a part of its plan to offer free internet on mobile phones, Facebook will open a portal allowing any mobile operator to offer the service under internet.org platform. Facebook currently partners with specific operators to launch service. Facebook revealed the plan in a blog post. According to Chris Daniels, … Read More
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